Ambassadors

I'm hoping this page will serve as an assemblage of young
scientists who would be happy to talk about their experiences
in cocosci and in all other fields! I'm currently
in the process of asking friends if they would be willing to be
included on this page; if you'd be kind enough to be included,
please shoot me an email
with your name, email address, undergrad, and optionally grad institution
at (mgates[at]berkeley[dot]edu)!

List (please contact us!)

Neuroscience / Cognitive Science / Computer Science

Monica Gates (website owner): mgates[at]berkeley[dot]edu.
Thanks for visiting! I'm a PhD student in Neuroscience at Berkeley, and
I'm happy to answer questions relating to undergrad,
masters, or grad school life, being a woman in science, or
starting out in cocosci. Additionally, please contact me if you have an
update to this website, want to write for this website, or have a topic
that hasn't been covered. Besides advice, I'm glad to
to look over CVs and emails and discuss ideas! Undergrad:
Neuroscience, Wellesley College / MIT, Masters: Experimental Psychology,
University of Cambridge
(UK), PhD: Neuroscience, Berkeley. Website,
Current Blog,
Undergraduate Blog.
(Updated July 2016)

Rachel Lee: rachelstephlee[at]gmail[dot]com. I graduated
from Stanford University with a degree in Mathematical
and Computational Science with Honors in Computational
Neuroscience. I'm happy to chat about research opportunities
for undergraduates, look over CV's, and discuss how one
can learn computational skills for research. I've worked
with Prof. Jay McClelland (Stanford) and Prof. Sam
Gershman (Harvard). Undergrad: Stanford (Research at MIT).
(Updated July 2016)

Lucy Lai: lucy.lai[at]rice[dot]edu. I'm a junior at
Rice University majoring in Cognitive Science with minors
in Neuroscience and Statistics. I'd love to talk about
undergraduate neuroscience resources and opportunities,
REUs/application process, and building a skill set in
preparation for graduate school! Always willing to help
someone out in this rather specific field. Undergrad:
Rice U, Summers: Baylor College of Medicine, MIT REU.
Website.
(Updated July 2016)

Diederique “Dee” van der Knaap: dvanderknaap[at]me[dot]com.
I am an undergraduate at Wellesley College studying Cognitive
and Linguistic Sciences with concentrations in psychology
and computer science. I’m happy to chat about interdisciplinary
majors, entering science from an alternative high school
background, a love for data, the liberal arts college
experience, and anything related to undergraduate education! (Updated July 2016)

Valerie Zhao: vzhao[at]wellesley[dot]edu. I'm currently an
undergrad at Wellesley College, majoring in Neuroscience and
Computer Science. I can help with questions about those two
majors at Wellesley, Wellesley in general, undergrad research
and experiences, and/or issues like impostor syndrome :).
(Updated July 2016)

Dr. Elizabeth Michael: em639[at]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk. Following my undergraduate
degree in Psychology and Physiology, I continued for a MSc in Neuroscience and
DPhil in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford.
I joined the Adaptive Brain Lab in September 2015 as
a Post-doctoral Research Associate. (Updated July 2016)

Isabelle Rosenthal: irosenth[at]wellesley[dot]edu. I'm a recent Wellesley College
grad (Neuroscience, '16) and currently a lab manager at the NIH. I study the
neuroscience of color vision using MEG, MRI, and electrophysiology in
humans and macaque monkeys. I also have experience with machine learning,
social cognition, and autism studies. I'm happy to answer any questions people
may have about any of these fields! (Updated Oct 2016)

Sean Aubin: saubin[at]uwaterloo[dot]ca. I'm a Master's student in Systems Design
Engineering at University of Waterloo, Master's of Applied Science,
in the domain of Theoretical Neuroscience and Computational Modelling.
My focus is on building biologically plausible, but behaving models of the brain. I came to neuroscience
and psychology through Electrical and Computer engineering. I'm happy to answer
any questions about computational modelling and navigating the concepts of
cognitive sciences. I'm an avid participant at cogsci.stackexchange.com where
I've asked and answered over 200 questions on this topic, so don't be shy!
Website(Updated May 2017)

Paige Miranda: paige[at]miranda@yale[dot]edu. I am a Wellesley College alum
(Neuroscience, Class of '14) and have been working for the past 2 years at Yale
University with Dr. Elizabeth Jonas. I have just finished the graduate school
application process and would love to talk about anything related to applying:
CVs, personal statements, interviews etc. I can also help with how to get
research experience during and post undergrad. Undergrad: Neuroscience,
Wellesley College, Research: MIT, Wellesley, Yale. PhD: TBD
(Updated Mar 2017)

Jenna Krizan: Krizanj[at]wustl[dot]edu. Undergrad: Psychology,
Neuroscience, The College of New Jersey. PhD: Neuroscience,
Washington University in St. Louis. (Updated July 2016)

Aida Nematzadeh: nematzadeh[at]berkeley[dot]edu. My research interests
are in the areas of cognitive modeling of language and computational semantics.
Undergrad: Computer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran.
MSc in Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada.
PhD in Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada.
Webpage(Updated July 2016)

Engineering

Ignacio Perez-Pozuelo: ignacio_perezpozuelo[at]berkeley[dot]edu.
I'm happy to answer questions relating to undergrad,
masters and grad school applications and life. Happy
to advise international students in the process and
regarding the transition to the US. Happy to entertain
ideas about science related ventures and non profit
projects. Undergrad: Engineering (Neuroengineering,
Bioengineering and Neuroscience), Brown University.
Masters: M.Sc. Neuroscience, Oxford University. PhD:
Bioengineering and Medical Engineering jointly from
UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. (Updated July 2016)

Stephanie La Hoz Theuer: SLaHozTheuer[at]cantab[dot]net.
I'm an expert in climate change policy and will be happy
to answer questions relating to academic/professional life
and progression, being a woman in professional environments,
or working in multilateral organizations. Also happy to chat
with those interested in climate change and how to address it.
Work: United Nations and Environmental Consultancies. Masters:
Environmental Policy, University of Cambridge (UK). Undergrad:
Production Engineering, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil).
(Updated Aug 2016)